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Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950: Second Edition
Peter Collins
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Description for Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950: Second Edition
Paperback. This text is an attempt to deal comprehensively with all the various theories and ideas which, during the course of the last two hundred years, have made modern architecture what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages, 72 illus. BIC Classification: AC; AMA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692.
Explains what revivalism, rationalism, eclecticism, and functionalism meant to those who practiced them, explores the influence of the other arts and sciences on architectual theory, and analyzes notions that are commonly used in discussions about modern architecture. Infused with a deep sympathy for the 19th century, this text suggests that many 19th century ideas can be of real value to practising architects, particularly now that technology has made it possible to put them into effect properly. This second edition should be of interest not only to those who specialize in architecture and have read the standard work of Hitchcock, Giedion, ... Read more
Explains what revivalism, rationalism, eclecticism, and functionalism meant to those who practiced them, explores the influence of the other arts and sciences on architectual theory, and analyzes notions that are commonly used in discussions about modern architecture. Infused with a deep sympathy for the 19th century, this text suggests that many 19th century ideas can be of real value to practising architects, particularly now that technology has made it possible to put them into effect properly. This second edition should be of interest not only to those who specialize in architecture and have read the standard work of Hitchcock, Giedion, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773517752
SKU
V9780773517752
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Reviews for Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950: Second Edition
"Even now, after so much of its substance has been elaborated by subsequent scholarship, Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture remains a pioneering achievement. It still provides an ideological history of the modern movement, covering an extremely wide trajectory and one which is animated throughout by a sharp critical bias. Its challenging originality stems from the way in which Collins constantly ... Read more